Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 12 February 1815 - 18 November 1854
Created for
Charles Lyell Project, June 2021
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.117, 1 August 1844-18 September 1844
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/117
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 1 August to 18 September 1844 while in London. It then continues through 26 September to 2 October in York. He visits T.S. Spedding at Mirehouse on Bassenthwaite. The final section of the notebook, through 21 October, pertains to Lyell and Michael Faraday’s participation in an inquiry of the 1844 Haswell coal mine explosion that killed 95 people. Notes are in a mixture of pencil and ink. The notebook index is located in the back of the...
Dates:
1 August 1844-18 September 1844
Notebook No.155, January 1848- May 1848
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/155
Scope and Contents
This black notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s discussions, ideas, and recordings when in London, starting in January 1848 and including some focus on ’Americana’ before his second travels in American was published in 1849. The first pages (and from p 78] are notes on pages and references relating to the other American notebooks - which could be publishing related or organisational. It covers conversations, queries, and discussions he started in America including geological,...
Dates:
January 1848- May 1848